A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mesariá in Greece. The temblor was detected at 08:52:36 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 08:52:36 / February 12, 2025 @ 8:52 am. Unique identifier: us7000pezr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pezr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 25.7082° East, 36.4701° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Páros, Naxos (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Naxos (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Páros (c. 5 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km ENE of Mesariá, Greece. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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